Jonathan D. Castellanos | Kriss & Feuerstein LLP

Overview Professional Experience & Memberships Honors & Awards

Overview

Jonathan D. Castellanos is a Senior Associate in K&F’s Commercial Real Estate Lending Group and has closed over $2 billion in deals over the course of his career. Jonathan represents lenders and borrowers in connection with their mortgage and/or subordinate financing transactions involving various asset classes. His practice involves drafting and negotiating loan and ancillary documents, leases, opinions, and organizational documents. Jonathan is highly skilled in conducting a full due diligence review of all transaction documents.

Jonathan chairs K&F’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee, an internal forum with a mission of ensuring that all K&F employees are consistently heard, represented, and respected. He has been selected by Super Lawyers® as a “Top Rated Real Estate Attorney” and has been named to New York Metro Super Lawyers ® Rising Stars.

Prior to joining K&F, Jonathan worked at several prominent New York law firms. He received his B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and his J.D. from Cornell Law School.

Professional Experience & Memberships

Professional Experience

Greenspoon Marder LLP, Real Estate Associate
Arent Fox LLP, Real Estate Associate
Dechert LLP, Finance and Real Estate Associate

Honors & Awards

Selected to New York Metro Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2021
Cornell Law School Scholarship recipient
Paul D. White Scholar
Undergraduate Scholarships Received: Cornell Alumni Scholarship, Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Citi Fellows Award, Don Rosenthal Scholarship, Garrett B. Smith Scholarship, Vuillermet Scholarship, and Samuel & Lillian Pearsall Scholarship

Education

Cornell Law School, J.D. with a Degree Concentration in Advocacy

CALI Excellence for the Future Award Recipient
Notes Editor for the Journal of Law and Public Policy
Moot Court Board
Cornell Mock Trial
Student Council for: (i) Advocacy for LGBT Communities Clinic and (ii) Family Law Clinic
Teaching Assistant for: (i) Real Estate Law and (ii) Law for Entrepreneurs

Cornell University, B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations

Dean’s List
Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, Student Assembly, Cornell Delta Epsilon Chi Association, ILR Student Government Association, Society for Human Resource Management, and School of Industrial and Labor Relations Ambassador

Admissions

State of New York

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania